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I've been going around for days with Don McLean's "American Pie" running through my head. Tonight I said to myself, "I wonder if that song was ever ponified when the MLP thing was at its peak?" I went to YouTube to look. Sure enough, there it was, dated 2014. Then I asked the same question about Billy Joel's "Piano Man" -- and yes, there was a pony version of that, also from 2014. "Old Town Road" by Li'lNasX? Two pony versions, both from 2019. And so on and on.
There are thousands of these pasteups, every one testifying to the amazing surge of love and attention and fellowship and artistry that characterized the pony phenomenon at its peak. There has been nothing like it in other fan communities.
I think maybe the huge sweep of ponified videos left on YouTube, that mark the high tide of MLP like the arc of bottles and shells and seaweed marking the high-tide line at the beach, will be what keeps the MLP fandom alive in the consciousness of future generations.